Kesargadh Village

Kesargadh Village, with population of 1023 is Dholka sub district's the 18th least populous village, located in Dholka sub district of Ahmadabad district in the state Gujarat in India. Total geographical area of Kesargadh village is 17 km2 and it is the 18th biggest village by area in the sub district. Population density of the village is 59 persons per km2.

Nearest town of the village is Dholka and distance from Kesargadh village to Dholka is 21 km. Pin code of Kesargadh village is 382240. The village comes under Kesargadh panchayat. Dholka is the sub district head quarter and the distance from the village is 21 km. District head quarter of the village is Ahmadabad which is 72 km away.

Demographics

The village is home to 1023 people, among them 541 (53%) are male and 482 (47%) are female. 92% of the whole population are from general caste, 8% are from schedule caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Kesargadh village is 12%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are 183 households in the village and an average 6 persons live in every family.

Growth of population

Population of the village has increased by 36.4% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 750. Female population growth rate of the village is 37.7% which is 2.4% higher than male population growth rate of 35.3%. General caste population has increased by 27.2%; Schedule caste population has increased by 600% and child population has decreased by -10.6% in the village since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 891 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio in general caste is 889, in schedule caste is 909. There are 934 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in the village has increased by 16 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 242 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total 576 people in the village are literate, among them 391 are male and 185 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Kesargadh is 64%. 81% of male and 44% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has increased by 4%. Male literacy has gone down by 1% and female literacy rate has gone up by 6%.

Workers profile

Kesargadh has 43% (435) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 61% male and 21% female population are working population. 60% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 1% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 20% of total female population are main and 2% are marginal workers.